Do you wear a cup?

Not sure if this counts as a preference thread, but I don't think so. Anyways, last year my friends were talking about cups and I was the only one who didn't wear one. I just thought it was unnecessary for attack (which they also played) and restricted movement.

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Amen to that^. I always wear a cup, Your children will thank you, Your coach will thank you when you aren't on the bench in agonizing pain, and the Home team will thank you for not vomiting on their field.
I mostly play attack, and can say that a cup has saved me from more checks than my helmet (I'm a taller guy). Restrictive or not, in my honest opinion it builds a lot of confidence knowing you are protected.
"Better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it".

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No . I fell like I'm being held back ( I think its in my mind) Also everytime I wear a cup I literally get in the balls.You also shouldn't feel a whole lot of confidence because you wear a cup. Story time ! This year while I was playing football I wore a cup to practice because my coach was checking and I got tackled and his helmet hit me in my cup and it shot straight into my nuts and inner thigh .That's why I hate cups

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Personally nope. I don't wear them on the football field either, It is restricting and usually you don't get hit there. Just have to make sure you move your body to avoid getting hit there when blocking shots and stuff. If you and your defender were the exact same speed and he wore a cup and you didn't you would have an advantage

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I always wear a cup! it's probably because I am goalie I think everyone should ideally wear a cup because you want to get hit the balls and be left rolling on the ground curled up in a ball holding your nuts. I definitely all D-poles should wear cups because you do not want to eat a shot without a cup on. Middies and attack don't have to because they aren't going to be in front of many shots, but I would wear one anyway because if you're checked by a d-pole you never know when he might 'miss' and hit you in the nuts. Thats jus my two cents.

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Originally Posted by hiimbob

No . I fell like I'm being held back ( I think its in my mind) Also everytime I wear a cup I literally get in the balls.You also shouldn't feel a whole lot of confidence because you wear a cup. Story time ! This year while I was playing football I wore a cup to practice because my coach was checking and I got tackled and his helmet hit me in my cup and it shot straight into my nuts and inner thigh .That's why I hate cups

And if you weren't wearing the cup his helmet would have hit those things directly and potentially exploded your testicles...I'll take the bruised inner thigh.

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Originally Posted by hockeylaxer514

And if you weren't wearing the cup his helmet would have hit those things directly and potentially exploded your testicles...I'll take the bruised inner thigh.

False I would have shook the hell out of him. Since I had the cup on I didn't feel comefortable juking and did not want to get lit up so I just lowered my shoulder . Trust me I play totally different with a cup on and off

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Originally Posted by hockeylaxer514

And if you weren't wearing the cup his helmet would have hit those things directly and potentially exploded your testicles...I'll take the bruised inner thigh.

False I would have shook the hell out of him. Since I had the cup on I didn't feel comefortable juking and did not want to get lit up so I just lowered my shoulder . Trust me I play totally different with a cup on and off

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Originally Posted by hiimbob

False I would have shook the hell out of him. Since I had the cup on I didn't feel comefortable juking and did not want to get lit up so I just lowered my shoulder . Trust me I play totally different with a cup on and off

are you kidding right now? it's a cup, if it fits correctly it isn't going to slow you down or limit your mobility at all.

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Haven't worn one in over 4 years. It does limit some mobility and I have been hit by d-poles but it honestly isn't that bad just walk it off. I have also been lifted which hurt but I still prefer no cup. The likelihood of taking a direct shot there is slim otherwise it is just a tapper. Story time #2, a goalie for a different high school's hockey team took a slap shot to the cup which split down the middle, flexed back, entrapped his gonads, and snapped back proceeding to rip his scrotum open leaving him in a puddle of blood on the ice. It was bad.

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Originally Posted by Laxxmann7

Haven't worn one in over 4 years. It does limit some mobility and I have been hit by d-poles but it honestly isn't that bad just walk it off. I have also been lifted which hurt but I still prefer no cup. The likelihood of taking a direct shot there is slim otherwise it is just a tapper. Story time #2, a goalie for a different high school's hockey team took a slap shot to the cup which split down the middle, flexed back, entrapped his gonads, and snapped back proceeding to rip his scrotum open leaving him in a puddle of blood on the ice. It was bad.

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Originally Posted by Laxxmann7

Haven't worn one in over 4 years. It does limit some mobility and I have been hit by d-poles but it honestly isn't that bad just walk it off. I have also been lifted which hurt but I still prefer no cup. The likelihood of taking a direct shot there is slim otherwise it is just a tapper. Story time #2, a goalie for a different high school's hockey team took a slap shot to the cup which split down the middle, flexed back, entrapped his gonads, and snapped back proceeding to rip his scrotum open leaving him in a puddle of blood on the ice. It was bad.

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As a pole, always. I can't tell you how many times I've been nailed in the thigh by a shot. Mids LOVE to shoot AT the oncoming defender thinking they'll either jump out of the way or be a lot more cautious next time. I'm just waiting for the day it doesn't hit my thigh.

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NOT wearing a cup, at any position, is quite possibly the dumbest and most naive thing an athlete in a contact sport can do. Yes, I use a Nutty Buddy, and with that cup, and that cup alone, I am a whole different and more confident goalie. I fear nothing in net--not even in the back of my mind--because the Nutty Buddy disperses the impact to other parts of the body. If you choose to NOT wear a cup--then you deserve any and all repercussions that can and WILL happen down there...Just sayin...

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Originally Posted by moondog

NOT wearing a cup, at any position, is quite possibly the dumbest and most naive thing an athlete in a contact sport can do. Yes, I use a Nutty Buddy, and with that cup, and that cup alone, I am a whole different and more confident goalie. I fear nothing in net--not even in the back of my mind--because the Nutty Buddy disperses the impact to other parts of the body. If you choose to NOT wear a cup--then you deserve any and all repercussions that can and WILL happen down there...Just sayin...

So you basically said everyone who does not wear a cup is stupid and foolish because WE CHOOSE not to wear a cup because of our own reasons ?

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Originally Posted by .aeterna

Well if you get hit with a hard check or a 90mph ball in that area, I'll bet that you'll feel pretty stupid and foolish for choosing not to wear a cup.

Like stated earlier it depends what position you play. I am a middie and have played attack, all in all I have take 2 maybe three checks there and while they hurt the refs will stop the game for injury for you to walk off. In my summer league I just had to walk it off and the defense just let me when I had the ball. Defense and goalies should always wear one, middies if they are more defensive geared, and it would be difficult for an attack man to wear one because of the sudden changes in direction on a very small step. Once again it is all preference and this is just my viewpoint.